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Originally Posted By arilulu14: Say what you want but you know they’d be either lost at sea or flat broke without Nami lol Great Robin content inbound View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By arilulu14: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: I started the Water Seven arc in One Piece. When they went to trade in their gold for berries I think that might've been the first time in the first 231 episodes that I was actually happy Nami was there. Say what you want but you know they’d be either lost at sea or flat broke without Nami lol Great Robin content inbound I’m only a few episodes in, but so far so good. Click To View Spoiler |
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Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: Still, given 2 trash plots, 1 might be better. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: If you say so. Look man, I enjoy trash too. Sometimes it's fun to turn your brain to autopilot and let the stupid wash over you. Hell, the film I've probably seen more than any other is Roadhouse. And as much as I enjoy it, I realize it's a trash movie with a trash plot. I think one is ALWAYS better, albeit, sometimes not obvious. For me though, one stands out in my memory as having the most healthy blossoming relationship I’ve ever seen in anime. The other doesn’t stand out in my memory at all. Just another forgettable trash isekai with an OP MC. YMMV. |
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/B14F18C7-C1DC-4A19-80C0-4E8AF34D2455_png-2821563.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/53372879-3AA5-4CDD-BA9A-21EA104ACD75_jpe-2821564.JPG https://media.tenor.com/xQ5FvmS9VVQAAAAC/fullmetal-alchemist-roy-mustang.gif View Quote Haha Gintama doesn’t get talked about enough it’s really damn good….. I think Fmab was good and all but not even close |
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TBF, that ranking was after just ONE episode. The kinds of people who rate an entire show a 10/10 after just its first episode are usually fanboys of the show. It was inevitable that it would drop after more and more non-fanboys rated it, regardless of the FMBA army.
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"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution." -Thomas Jefferson
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Originally Posted By arilulu14: Haha Gintama doesn’t get talked about enough it’s really damn good….. I think Fmab was good and all but not even close View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By arilulu14: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/B14F18C7-C1DC-4A19-80C0-4E8AF34D2455_png-2821563.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/53372879-3AA5-4CDD-BA9A-21EA104ACD75_jpe-2821564.JPG https://media.tenor.com/xQ5FvmS9VVQAAAAC/fullmetal-alchemist-roy-mustang.gif Haha Gintama doesn’t get talked about enough it’s really damn good….. I think Fmab was good and all but not even close Because of the extremely high rating I tried watching it, but I didn’t make it far. I even tried sticking with it longer than I normally would because of the high rating and it still wasn’t enough. It was so long ago though that I can’t even recall what the anime is about. |
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Another one I REALLY tried to get into because of the high rating was Avatar. I tried at least 3 different times too. I could never make it past E10 and making it that far was a real struggle. It just felt too much like a goofy, unfunny, boring Saturday morning cartoon to me.
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On my current job site there are times, because of the layout, that watching anime in the lab is just not happening. Thus, I'm working on my reading list.
I'm almost done with Char's Deleted Affair. It's really good. |
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Originally Posted By brasscrossedrifles: On my current job site there are times, because of the layout, that watching anime in the lab is just not happening. Thus, I'm working on my reading list. I'm almost done with Char's Deleted Affair. It's really good. View Quote I really enjoy reading The Land of the Lustrous manga Pretty far out premise of anthropomorphic gems getting attacked by ghosts from the moon lol |
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Question for those that read the Hell's Paradise manga regarding what happened before the events of the anime:
Click To View Spoiler Is it ever explained how they caught Rokurota (the giant) and/or how they kept him imprisoned? |
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Question for those that read the Hell's Paradise manga regarding what happened before the events of the anime: Click To View Spoiler Is it ever explained how they caught Rokurota (the giant) and/or how they kept him imprisoned? View Quote good question. Click To View Spoiler Maybe he was bored and just played along?
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Originally Posted By Agilt: good question. Click To View Spoiler Maybe he was bored and just played along? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Agilt: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Question for those that read the Hell's Paradise manga regarding what happened before the events of the anime: Click To View Spoiler Is it ever explained how they caught Rokurota (the giant) and/or how they kept him imprisoned? good question. Click To View Spoiler Maybe he was bored and just played along? Click To View Spoiler Short of some borderline cop-out like "an application of a metric ton of a sleep-inducing substance" I'm not sure how they could've pulled it off.
Unless maybe there is someone with a power so OP that they could immobilize someone like that. Of course, you'd also have to have that OP person watch the giant 24/7, which doesn't seem plausible. |
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Finally able to watch The Scarlet Bond. Pretty good movie.
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Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Finally able to watch The Scarlet Bond. Pretty good movie. View Quote Yup, better than I expected. Ending felt just a little bit off to me, though more importantly, I kinda scratched my head at one of the fights at the end. At that point, Rimuru is a demon lord and capable of curb-stomping anything less than another demon lord, so his fight just seemed... Odd, I guess? I'm still waiting for a season 2 of Moonlight Fantasy. Hopefully it'll be released this winter. |
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Recap episodes suck.
That means you, Mashle. Have I mentioned that recap episodes suck? |
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Originally Posted By targetworks: Recap episodes suck. That means you, Mashle. Have I mentioned that recap episodes suck? View Quote The only recap episodes I can recall off the top of my head are from Naruto and that one in HxH. Thankfully I was binge watching both at the time and could just skip to the next episode. That would suck to watch a new anime weekly, you think you’re watching a new episode, and you randomly get a recap episode. |
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Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Yes they do. Arifureta had one, as well as Slime. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Originally Posted By targetworks: Recap episodes suck. That means you, Mashle. Have I mentioned that recap episodes suck? Yes they do. Arifureta had one, as well as Slime. I can't remember which anime it was, but I seem to recall their recap episode being labeled 11.5, or something similar. At least that way they're letting you know that it's not advancing the plot any. |
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Originally Posted By ConcernedCitizen: I can't remember which anime it was, but I seem to recall their recap episode being labeled 11.5, or something similar. At least that way they're letting you know that it's not advancing the plot any. View Quote Neither of the ones I mentioned. Arifureta was between 5 and 6 and Slime was 24.5 Edit: Did a quick google search. A bunch of anime has an episode 11.5. |
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Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Yes they do. Arifureta had one, as well as Slime. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Originally Posted By targetworks: Recap episodes suck. That means you, Mashle. Have I mentioned that recap episodes suck? Yes they do. Arifureta had one, as well as Slime. I’ve seen both seasons of Arifureta and I can’t recall any in-season recap episodes. You might be thinking of those mini-episodes they released between S1 and S2. |
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Originally Posted By ConcernedCitizen: I can't remember which anime it was, but I seem to recall their recap episode being labeled 11.5, or something similar. At least that way they're letting you know that it's not advancing the plot any. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By ConcernedCitizen: Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Originally Posted By targetworks: Recap episodes suck. That means you, Mashle. Have I mentioned that recap episodes suck? Yes they do. Arifureta had one, as well as Slime. I can't remember which anime it was, but I seem to recall their recap episode being labeled 11.5, or something similar. At least that way they're letting you know that it's not advancing the plot any. Naruto had enough episodes to justify occasional filler and recap. Hell, some of the filler was actually pretty good, and/or funny. 12 and 24 episode series have no goddamn excuse for that lazy shit. It’s not like it’s only on cable TV with no way to rewatch old episodes. |
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: I’ve seen both seasons of Arifureta and I can’t recall any in-season recap episodes. You might be thinking of those mini-episodes they released between S1 and S2. View Quote Nope. It's a recap episode season one. Between episode 5 and 6. I just watched S1 not even a week ago. "Omnibus: Great Orcus Labyrinth" episode 5.5 https://arifureta.com/news/news-1268/ Omnibus Orcus Great Labyrinth 2019.8.9 On August 12th (Monday), we will broadcast “Omnibus Orcus Great Labyrinth”. A comprehensive review of the "Orcus Great Labyrinth" that Hajime and Yue conquered before going to the surface! Please take a look. |
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Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Nope. It's a recap episode season one. Between episode 5 and 6. I just watched S1 not even a week ago. "Omnibus: Great Orcus Labyrinth" episode 5.5 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: I’ve seen both seasons of Arifureta and I can’t recall any in-season recap episodes. You might be thinking of those mini-episodes they released between S1 and S2. Nope. It's a recap episode season one. Between episode 5 and 6. I just watched S1 not even a week ago. "Omnibus: Great Orcus Labyrinth" episode 5.5 At least they're letting you know it's not a real episode. |
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Originally Posted By ConcernedCitizen: At least they're letting you know it's not a real episode. View Quote Not until it actually plays. On the BR at the end of episode 5, it says next episode: Worthless rabbit, which is ep 6, but then plays 5.5 instead. EDIT: Found the recap episode I was thinking of. Seven mortal sins. recap episodes 4.5 and 10.5. |
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Originally Posted By targetworks: Recap episodes suck. That means you, Mashle. Have I mentioned that recap episodes suck? View Quote 2nd cour of 86 was riddled with recap episodes. It was pain. When they had to kick the last two episodes back to the end of winter (it was supposed to be a fall cour) that was PAIN. But it did pay out. Holy shit it paid out. I don't know how much of the extra time they actually used but they sure as fuck delivered. |
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They load up the choppa, let it spray.
If the ops try to play, they gonna blow them away. Yes the keep that strap for the enemies. When its time for some get back, choppa it go click-clack-boom. |
Watched episode 490 of One Piece last night finishing the Navy Headquarters/ A
All I can say is damn, just, just damn. When he heals-up, Luffy is going to have to throw Boa Hancock a bone. Otherwise she is going to die or kill him. |
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Thirty-year-old-me could kick sixty-year-old-me's ass and make me eat catshit outa the ditch.
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I started the next trash isekai with an OP MC on my list (Black Summoner) and within the first 10 minutes I was blessed with the auditory butter of the Dub Queen voicing a secondary character.
So far the anime is okay, but I will say it was kinda annoying when the MC bought the elf slave… Click To View Spoiler The slaver, desperate to unload the cursed elf, pulled one of these: And the MC, before he even hears the price, responds by giving him a bag of gold so massive that the slaver is beyond shocked anyone could be so monetarily retarded. |
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Originally Posted By SC4eyes: Watched episode 490 of One Piece last night finishing the Navy Headquarters/ A All I can say is damn, just, just damn. When he heals-up, Luffy is going to have to throw Boa Hancock a bone. Otherwise she is going to die or kill him. View Quote Click To View Spoiler Honestly I was more bummed that White beard died than Ace Unfortunately for Boa Luffy has good taste and finds Nami way hotter |
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: I started the next trash isekai with an OP MC on my list (Black Summoner) and within the first 10 minutes I was blessed with the auditory butter of the Dub Queen voicing a secondary character. https://media.tenor.com/cLTDPmR2UHsAAAAC/a-surprise-to-be-sure-star-wars.gif So far the anime is okay, but I will say it was kinda annoying when the MC bought the elf slave Click To View Spoiler The slaver, desperate to unload the cursed elf, pulled one of these: https://comb.io/pzwQM4.gif And the MC, before he even hears the price, responds by giving him a bag of gold so massive that the slaver is beyond shocked anyone could be so monetarily retarded. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Liaztraht: I enjoyed it, as the typical trash isekai View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Liaztraht: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: I started the next trash isekai with an OP MC on my list (Black Summoner) and within the first 10 minutes I was blessed with the auditory butter of the Dub Queen voicing a secondary character. https://media.tenor.com/cLTDPmR2UHsAAAAC/a-surprise-to-be-sure-star-wars.gif So far the anime is okay, but I will say it was kinda annoying when the MC bought the elf slave Click To View Spoiler The slaver, desperate to unload the cursed elf, pulled one of these: https://comb.io/pzwQM4.gif And the MC, before he even hears the price, responds by giving him a bag of gold so massive that the slaver is beyond shocked anyone could be so monetarily retarded. Having Brittney Karbowski AND Alexis Tipton in it while banning Monica "Nails on a Chalkboard" Rial from any involvement is certainly praiseworthy for a dub. Also... Click To View Spoiler Watching the MC fuck with the Hero's party was pretty funny. HOWEVER.... Holy shit, that spiked ear piece the MC wore was horrible. |
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Having Brittney Karbowski AND Alexis Tipton in it while banning Monica "Nails on a Chalkboard" Rial from any involvement is certainly praiseworthy for a dub. Also... Click To View Spoiler Watching the MC fuck with the Hero's party was pretty funny. HOWEVER.... Holy shit, that spiked ear piece the MC wore was horrible. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: Less so than the android ap animation of the fight scenes, View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Having Brittney Karbowski AND Alexis Tipton in it while banning Monica "Nails on a Chalkboard" Rial from any involvement is certainly praiseworthy for a dub. Also... Click To View Spoiler Watching the MC fuck with the Hero's party was pretty funny. HOWEVER.... Holy shit, that spiked ear piece the MC wore was horrible. Yeah, that was bad. Still, not as bad as the fight scenes in the last 1/3 of So I'm a Spider, So What? That shit made the animation of Cocomelon look high-end. |
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Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: Less so than the android ap animation of the fight scenes, View Quote Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Yeah, that was bad. Still, not as bad as the fight scenes in the last 1/3 of So I'm a Spider, So What? That shit made the animation of Cocomelon look high-end. https://media.tenor.com/3UKvBYg-8gYAAAAC/cocomelon.gif View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Click To View Spoiler Short of some borderline cop-out like "an application of a metric ton of a sleep-inducing substance" I'm not sure how they could've pulled it off. Unless maybe there is someone with a power so OP that they could immobilize someone like that. Of course, you'd also have to have that OP person watch the giant 24/7, which doesn't seem plausible. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Originally Posted By Agilt: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Question for those that read the Hell's Paradise manga regarding what happened before the events of the anime: Click To View Spoiler Is it ever explained how they caught Rokurota (the giant) and/or how they kept him imprisoned? good question. Click To View Spoiler Maybe he was bored and just played along? Click To View Spoiler Short of some borderline cop-out like "an application of a metric ton of a sleep-inducing substance" I'm not sure how they could've pulled it off. Unless maybe there is someone with a power so OP that they could immobilize someone like that. Of course, you'd also have to have that OP person watch the giant 24/7, which doesn't seem plausible. Click To View Spoiler my guess is they kept him fed and entertained
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Originally Posted By Liaztraht: If I remember right, it was a bit more jarring than KamiKatsu's cgi https://media.tenor.com/ofeYxOE-LaQAAAAC/funny-guy-kamikatsu.gif View Quote |
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They load up the choppa, let it spray.
If the ops try to play, they gonna blow them away. Yes they keep that strap for the enemies. When its time for some get back, choppa it go click-clack-boom. |
I gave up on so many of the new shows I tried watching some other things that had been recommended.
Anyone else watch Ippon again!? Watched an episode and ended up binge watching all 13, really enjoyed it. I thought it was going to be a Yawara! ripoff but it was it's own thing and I can't wait for the next season. |
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Originally Posted By joe_sun: I gave up on so many of the new shows I tried watching some other things that had been recommended. Anyone else watch Ippon again!? Watched an episode and ended up binge watching all 13, really enjoyed it. I thought it was going to be a Yawara! ripoff but it was it's own thing and I can't wait for the next season. https://static0.gamerantimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ippon-again-anime-episode-1.jpg View Quote I watched it - it was generally fun and OK (‘wholesome’ in the original sense of the word) and I learned a few things about karate along the way, even though I typically don’t enjoy sports-themed anime. |
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Originally Posted By targetworks: I watched it - it was generally fun and OK ('wholesome' in the original sense of the word) and I learned a few things about karate along the way, even though I typically don't enjoy sports-themed anime. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By targetworks: Originally Posted By joe_sun: I gave up on so many of the new shows I tried watching some other things that had been recommended. Anyone else watch Ippon again!? Watched an episode and ended up binge watching all 13, really enjoyed it. I thought it was going to be a Yawara! ripoff but it was it's own thing and I can't wait for the next season. https://static0.gamerantimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ippon-again-anime-episode-1.jpg I watched it - it was generally fun and OK ('wholesome' in the original sense of the word) and I learned a few things about karate along the way, even though I typically don't enjoy sports-themed anime. |
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Originally Posted By mort: We need a different word than wholesome to describe nice anime or else hk will go into his wholesome shtick again. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By mort: Originally Posted By targetworks: Originally Posted By joe_sun: I gave up on so many of the new shows I tried watching some other things that had been recommended. Anyone else watch Ippon again!? Watched an episode and ended up binge watching all 13, really enjoyed it. I thought it was going to be a Yawara! ripoff but it was it's own thing and I can't wait for the next season. https://static0.gamerantimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ippon-again-anime-episode-1.jpg I watched it - it was generally fun and OK ('wholesome' in the original sense of the word) and I learned a few things about karate along the way, even though I typically don't enjoy sports-themed anime. Wholesome is wholesome. Nor you, I, or anyone else get to change that. What you’re thinking of is “wholesome.” A joke which sprung from one of our regulars referring to an anime which involved underage girls being sexually assaulted, underage girls being forced into prostitution, children being bullied so much they off themselves to escape the torment, etc. as “a wholesome anime.” At first people thought he was being sarcastic. Turned out he wasn’t. Which of course made it even funnier and more memorable. |
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Wholesome is wholesome. Nor you, I, or anyone else get to change that. What you’re thinking of is “wholesome.” A joke which sprung from one of our regulars referring to an anime which involved underage girls being sexually assaulted, underage girls being forced into prostitution, children being bullied so much they off themselves to escape the torment, etc. as “a wholesome anime.” At first people thought he was being sarcastic. Turned out he wasn’t. Which of course made it even funnier and more memorable. View Quote I think most people understood what I meant. |
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They load up the choppa, let it spray.
If the ops try to play, they gonna blow them away. Yes they keep that strap for the enemies. When its time for some get back, choppa it go click-clack-boom. |
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Witch from mercury is probably one of the better animes from a story telling perspective in YEARS.
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Demon Slayer might not be the best anime I’ve ever seen, but it is the only anime I’ve ever seen where watching it feels like an experience.
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/95DDEDD3-8988-47C2-9F6B-8A4361D68272_jpe-2824817.JPG View Quote What litigious freaks |
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Full article, instead of just a small snippet.
https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/04/10-1/monster-energy-takes-on-pokmon-monster-musumes-trademark-in-japan-it-wasnt-very-effective Japanese website Automation Media revealed that Monster Energy opposed the trademarks for two Pokémon games, Pokémon X and Y and Pokémon Sun and Moon, opposing the “monster” portion of “Pocket Monsters,” the name the franchise has had in Japan since 1997. According to the public registrar of trademarks and patents in Japan, J-PlatPlat, these oppositions failed and Pokémon was able to keep these trademarks. But it wasn’t just Pokémon, Monster Hunter and Monster Strike that Monster Energy opposed, it was also the hit manga and anime series Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls, whereupon many aspects of a multimedia franchise, Monster Energy opposed the use of the trademark on futons, cute anime figures and body pillows. Yes, including that seven-meter-long pillow of Miia. |
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Originally Posted By Stitches1974: Full article, instead of just a small snippet. https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/04/10-1/monster-energy-takes-on-pokmon-monster-musumes-trademark-in-japan-it-wasnt-very-effective Japanese website Automation Media revealed that Monster Energy opposed the trademarks for two Pokémon games, Pokémon X and Y and Pokémon Sun and Moon, opposing the “monster” portion of “Pocket Monsters,” the name the franchise has had in Japan since 1997. According to the public registrar of trademarks and patents in Japan, J-PlatPlat, these oppositions failed and Pokémon was able to keep these trademarks. But it wasn’t just Pokémon, Monster Hunter and Monster Strike that Monster Energy opposed, it was also the hit manga and anime series Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls, whereupon many aspects of a multimedia franchise, Monster Energy opposed the use of the trademark on futons, cute anime figures and body pillows. Yes, including that seven-meter-long pillow of Miia. View Quote Hmm. Seems like they’re just shotgunning. Doesn’t appear that any of what is mentioned is a competitor or utilizing monster energy’s market, likenesses, or related IP. Also might be interesting to see how Japanese courts handle this kind of dick swinging since I’m assuming this is all filed in Japan vs here (at least that’s how it seems in the article). |
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https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20230406-243229/
J-PlatPat allows complainants to confirm 134 complaints against Monster Energy Company at this time. There are many trademarks in Japan that include "Monster" or "monster" in their names. Although Monster Energy Company has filed numerous objections to such trademarks in the past, none of these objections have been granted by the Patent Office at the time of writing. The latest opposition published on J-PlatPat was decided by the Patent Office on November 17, 2022. |
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